Radius of Curvature Calculation

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Go BackBelow are my calculations done for determining the radius of curvature of an electron/positron in the magnetic field for the pair spectrometer.The Lorentz force is the centripetal force acting upon the electron/positron in the magnetic field which gives the following equation.[math]\displaystyle{   \frac{(m * v^2}{r} = q * v * B }[/math]This equation can be rearranged to solve for r (and given that mv = momentum) to give the following equation[math]\displaystyle{ r =  * v * B }[/math][math]\displaystyle{ cm^3 = \frac{grams CH_{2}}{cm^3} * \frac{mol}{gram} * {N[A]} }[/math]